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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by grey_earthling on Thursday May 04, 2023 @07:35AM (#35813833)
I'm not sure they fled IE as such. They saw a link (advert) on Google that said “make your internet better” and they clicked it.

Yes, some techies actively chose Chrome knowing full-well what the alternatives were, but I'm pretty sure the advertising produced much greater numbers.

(Also, the techies who enthusiastically recommended Chrome were the same ones who enthusiastically recommended Twitter a few years later, and are now enthusiastically recommending Signal — which illustrates the quality of their judgement when it comes to monopolies.)

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by screamin_jesus on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @05:46PM (#35880810)
Techies enthusiastically recommended chrome because it was by far the most stable and responsive and secure browser.

Prior to quantum, firefox was a dog, and let's not talk about internet explorer...

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